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Assyrian Medical Tablet

by: Kisir-Ashur, son of Nabu-tuklat-su, former owner; Scheil, Vincent, 1850-1940, former owner.; Langdon, Stephen, 1876-1937, former owner.

Publication date: 700 BC

Topics: Medicine., Eye -- Diseases., Mesopotamia., Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634., Eye Diseases., Iraq., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Osler - Robertson Collection, Mesopotamia, Medicine, Eye -- Diseases, Eye Diseases, Civilization, Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634, Iraq

Publisher: Aššur ;

Collection: mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityosler; toronto; medicalheritagelibrary

Contributor: McGill University Library

Language: unknown

1 tablet with double sided engraving ; 10 x 9 cm

Baked soft clay tablet in light brown color

Obverse 24 lines, Reverse 9 lines and colophon

It weighs 250 g and measures 58 mm in depth

Broken across the middle and a few lines broken from the top

Discolored across the middle on the Reverse side

It is the 32nd extract from a large treatise on medicine, which is a copy from an older Babylonian work

The content relates to a disease that affects the eyes and contains a list of prescriptions

Tablet belongs to the school of Aššur and the first medical treatise that has been found in Aššur

The language of the tablet is Akkadian. Date of its engraving goes back to the reign of Sargon II

The text is earlier than the famous library of Ašurbanipal

The date of writing could go to the reign of Sennacherib, 705-681 B. C., the Assyrian conqueror who captured Jerusalem

The owner of the tablet Kisir-Ashur, son of Nabu-tuklat-su, was the grandson of a magician in the temple of Ashur and the great grandson of a libation-priest

It belonged to an ancient family of priests in the famous temple of Aššur, viz Ešarra (House of the Universe)

Restored with plaster on the corners, sides and bottom parts, registered by IEOS OXON engraved on the bottom

Acquired through Professor Stephen. H. Langdon from Professor Vincent Scheil in 1918, previously owned by Arabs near Mosul

Preserved in a white cotton layer placed in a brown paper cover bound by Maltby.Oxford, protected by outer grey cloth, slightly damaged by soil erosion on both sides and the spine

Addeddate: 2021-02-17 22:00:35

Associated-names: Kisir-Ashur, son of Nabu-tuklat-su, former owner; Scheil, Vincent, 1850-1940, former owner; Langdon, Stephen, 1876-1937, former owner

Identifier: McGillLibrary-osl_assyrian-medical-tablet_BibOsl53-20263

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t5bd4577h

Note: Baked soft clay tablet in light brown color.
Obverse 24 lines, Reverse 9 lines and colophon.
It weighs 250 g and measures 58 mm in depth.
Broken across the middle and a few lines broken from the top.
Discolored across the middle on the Reverse side.
It is the 32nd extract from a large treatise on medicine, which is a copy from an older Babylonian work.
The content relates to a disease that affects the eyes and contains a list of prescriptions.
Tablet belongs to the school of Aššur and the first medical treatise that has been found in Aššur.
The language of the tablet is Akkadian. Date of its engraving goes back to the reign of Sargon II.
The text is earlier than the famous library of Ašurbanipal.
The date of writing could go to the reign of Sennacherib, 705-681 B. C., the Assyrian conqueror who captured Jerusalem.
The owner of the tablet Kisir-Ashur, son of Nabu-tuklat-su, was the grandson of a magician in the temple of Ashur and the great grandson of a libation-priest.
It belonged to an ancient family of priests in the famous temple of Aššur, viz Ešarra (House of the Universe).
Restored with plaster on the corners, sides and bottom parts, registered by IEOS OXON engraved on the bottom.
Osler,53
Acquired through Professor Stephen. H. Langdon from Professor Vincent Scheil in 1918, previously owned by Arabs near Mosul.
Preserved in a white cotton layer placed in a brown paper cover bound by Maltby.Oxford, protected by outer grey cloth, slightly damaged by soil erosion on both sides and the spine.